The Nutcracker (ballet), Op.71
Op.
Щелкунчик ; Casse-noisette
Sheet music
Sheet music
· public domain
· 26 editions
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Composed
1892
First published
1892 - Moscow: P. Jurgenson Full score, Plate 17668, 511 pages.; Piano solo (arr. ), Plate 17669, 175 pages.; Simplified piano solo (arr. Tchaikovsky) Plate 17782, 166 pages.; Piano 4 hands (arr. ) Plates 18870-885, 269 pages.
Period
Romantic
Catalogue
Op.
Dedication
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Movements
2
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Movements
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2
acts, 3 scenes; Overture Allegro giusto (182 bars); Act 1; Scene 1 1. Scène: L'ornement et l'illumination de l'arbre de Noël. Allegro non troppo (134 bars) 2. Marche. Tempo di Marcia viva (88 bars) 3. Petit galop des enfants et entrée des parents. Presto - Andante (118 bars) 4. Scène dansante. Andantino—Allegro molto vivace—Tempo di Valse—Presto (258 bars) 5. Scène et danse Grossvater. :Andante (Tempo di Valse)—Andantino—Tempo di Grossvater (225 bars) 6. Scène: Le départ des invités. La nuit. Allegro semplice—Moderato assai (161 bars) 7. Scène: La bataille. Allegro vivo (121 bars); Scene 2 8. Scène: Une forêt de sapins en hiver. Andante (71 bars) 9. Valse des flocons de neige. Tempo di Valse, ma con moto—Presto (407 bars); Act 2; Scene 3 10. Scène: Le palais enchanté de Confiturenburg. Andante (91 bars) 11. Scène: L'arrivée de Casse-Noisette et Claire. Andante con moto—Allegro agitato (142 bars) 12. Divertissement: :a) Le chocolat: Danse espagnole. Allegro brillante (78 bars) :b) Le café: Danse arabe. Comodo (102 bars) :c) Le thé: Danse chinoise. Allegro moderato (32 bars) :d) Trépak: Danse russe. Tempo di Trepak, molto vivace (84 bars) :e) Danse des mirlitons. Andantino (77 bars) :f) La mère Gigogne et les polichinelles. Allegro giocoso (156 bars) 13. Valse des fleurs. Tempo di Valse (353 bars) 14. Pas de deux: :Andante maestoso (74 bars) :Var.1. Tempo di Tarantella (51 bars) :Var.2. Andante ma non troppo (84 bars) ["Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy"] :Coda. Vivace assai (102 bars) 15. Valse finale et apothèose. Tempo di Valse—Molto meno (294 bars)
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